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Erosive arthritis in a patient with Behçet's disease

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We report on a 35-year-old female patient suffering from Behçet's disease for 20 years who developed recurrent oral ulcerations during the onset of the disease. This was followed by recurrent genital ulcerations and joint symptoms involving knee, wrist and feet joints and bilateral heel pain. X-rays of the feet revealed erosive and destructive changes in the 1st metatarsophalangeal and 1st proximal interphalangeal joints of the right foot and enthesopathy on calcaneus. A literature review indicated that erosive arthritis is a rare event in Behçet's disease.

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Düzgün, N., Ateş, A. Erosive arthritis in a patient with Behçet's disease. Rheumatol Int 23, 265–267 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-003-0302-7

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